#249D9F#249D9F

#249D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249D9F
RGB	rgb(36, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -30.57, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 32.26, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0959 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.1 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0397, 26.9899, 37.0003)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249D9F #9F2624

analogous

#249F64 #249D9F #245F9F

triadic

#249D9F #9F249D #9D9F24

tetradic

#249D9F #64249F #9F2624 #5F9F24

square

#249D9F #64249F #9F2624 #5F9F24

split-complementary

#249D9F #9F245F #9F6424

monochromatic

#0D3A3B #196C6D #249D9F #30CED0 #62D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#249D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#249D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249D9F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249D9F	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76babb',
    500: '#249d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249d9f;
$custom-light: #76babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.976,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63475,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249D9F

secondary

#C1605E

accent

#4442E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249D9F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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